this weeks trick questions!!

Trick Questions

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Saint Ives

As I was going to St Ives,
I met a man with seven wives,
Each wife had seven sacks;
Each sack had seven cats;
Each cat had seven kittens.
Kits, cats, sacks, and wives,
How many were going to St Ives?

Pears

If you have 3 pears and lose one pear how many have you left?

Paris

What world center is in the middle of Paris, is on the end of the Eiffel tower, and is involved in starting every road race?

Which statement is true?

a. The second millennium started on January 1, 2000.
b. The second millennium started on January 1, 2001.
c. The second millennium started on January 1, 2002.
d. The second millennium started on December 31, 2000.
e. None of the above.

Pilot

You're the pilot of an airplane that travels from New York to Chicago - a distance of 800 miles. The airplane travels at 200 m.p.h. and makes one stop for 30 minutes. What is the pilot's name?

Cheese

Which popular cheese is made backwards?

The Ladder

A rope-ladder is hanging over the side of a ship. The ladder is 12 feet long, and the rungs are one foot apart. The lowest rung is resting on the top of the ocean. The tide rises at the rate of four inches per hour. How long will it take before the first four rungs of the ladder are under water?

Border

Where does New York border on North Carolina?

On the Beach

A child playing on the beach had 6-1/6 sand piles in one place and 3-1/3 in another. If he put them together, how many sand piles would he have?

Apples

If there are 6 apples and you take away 4, how many do you have?

Puppies

A dog had 3 puppies, named Mopsy, Topsy and Spot. What was the mother's name.

Sliced Bread

Exactly how many slices of 1.5 cm each can you cut from a whole bread which is 22.5 cm long?

Heavy Question

Which is heavier, a pound of feathers or a pound of gold?

On the River

If a duck came floating down the Mekong River, where would it have come from?

Money Talks

There are two coins which total 55 cents (read: $0.55). One of them is not a nickel. What are the two coins?

Paper-Folding

What is the maximum number of times a normal sheet of (news)paper can be folded in half by hand?

Terminal Members

What do you call a person who doesn't have all of his/her fingers on one hand?

Boys or Girls

In the Massacre of the Innocents under Herod, a number of poor little children were buried in the sand with only their feet sticking out. How might you distinguish the boys from the girls?

Italy

You've seen a map of Italy. In which direction does the toe of the boot face?

Accurate

A sophisticated computer is fed this knotty problem. Between two clocks, one which is broken and doesn't run at all, while the other loses one second every 24 hours, which is more accurate?